Saturn SL Complaints

2,218 consumer complaints on file.

#10081528June 29, 2004
SEATS
THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT FAILED AND COLLAPSED DURING A MINOR FENDER BENDER. *MR THE SEAT COLLAPSED. DUE TO POOR INADEQUATE WELDS. *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076236June 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WIRING BURNT OUT AND BROKE. THIS WIRES ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO OTHER WIRES IN THE ENGINE, AND COULD OF RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BURNT WIRES. THE CAUSE OF THE WIRES BURNING IS UNDETERMINED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075347June 14, 2004
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO SATURN FOR REPAIRS 5 TIMES AND AFTER THE MAX OF 2 DAYS THE PROBLEMS WERE BACK. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND HAS BEEN PARKED IN MY GARAGE FOR NOW TWO YEARS. SATURN IS NOT WILLING TO BUY THE CAR BACK THROUGH THE WISCONSIN LEMON LAW AND BY AN INSPECTOR AND MYSELF IT IS A PURE LEMON. THE CAR VIBRATES, IDLES VERY ROUGH, AND HAS THE CURIOUS TENDENCY TO STALL, LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE CAR DOES NOT KNOW WHAT FIRST GEAR IS, THE BACK END TELLS YOU OF ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD. CAR HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN TURNING IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION JUST LOVE THE SIGHT OF ON COMING CARS AND GETTING THE FINGER AND THE HORN. NOT TO MENTION THE FEAR OF GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES, MAYBE NOT ME, BUT MAYBE MY PASSENGER AT THE TIME IN THIS CAR WAS 6, MY DAUGHTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075129June 10, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
DRIVING DOWN A TWO HOUSE DEAD END STREET TRAVELING ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL CILINDER BROKE AND ALL ABILITY TO STOP WAS LOST. AFTER REPLACING THE WHEEL CILINDER, IT WAS ALSO REALIZED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LINE TO THE REAR BRAKE WAS MISSING SEVERAL WASHERS AND THEN CAUSED THE BRAKE LINE TO LEAK. TWO WEEKS LATER THE MASTER CILINDER FOR THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED ALL BEFORE I EVER HADTO REPLACE ANY OF THE BRAKE PADS OR SHOES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10076097June 10, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE SHIFTING IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. CONSUME RWAS UNABLE TO TURN OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AN D MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION AND WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AMK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074820June 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I GOT IN MY SATURN AND STARTED IT AND THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT WENT ON. AS I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO PUT IT IN A PARKING SPACE, THERE WAS NO REVERSE MOVEMENT, ONLY REVING ENGINE. THE DEALER I TOOK IT TO, TOLD ME THIS WAS A "KNOWN" PROBLEM (A NUT GETS LOOSE AND FALLS OFF, INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO NEEDED A TRANSMISSION SERVICE. I WAS SUSPECIOUS AT FIRST BUT I WAS NOT CLOSE TO HOME SO I PAID THE $440.OO. TODAY I FIND THAT THERE ARE IDENTICAL AND NEARLY IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS AND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN SINCE APR 2000, ONE MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. THIS IS SO OBVIOUS A WARRANTY SITUATION AND I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED WITH CREDIT CARD INTEREST !!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066677June 4, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE SLOWING FOR A STOP LIGHT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS SLAMMED FORWARD THEN BACKWARDS INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE ONTO THE REAR SEAT. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074699June 2, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION WILL NOT ALWAYS TURN OUT OF LOCK POSISTION. YOU HAVE TO FIGHT WITH IT TO GET IT TO TURN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073291May 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CAR WAS PARKED AT HOME SATURDAY NIGHT, WENT TO DRIVE IT SUNDAY AND IT MADE A STRANGE NOISE. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE MECHANIC WHO SENT IT TO SATURN WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A BLOWN MOTOR (THE CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT,AND THE OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY). *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074438May 28, 2004
SEAT BELTS
THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER PASSIVE RESTRAIN SEAT BELT LOCKS DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT SEAT BELTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073234May 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
1998 SATURN 41,635 MILES- BAKES PULSE AND SHAKEY STEERING- MACHINE ROTORS NEW PADS 48,343 MILES-SHAKEY STEERING-BALANCE WHEELS REPLACE SUSPECTED BAD TIRE. 64,057 MILES-SHAKEY STEERING-MACHINE ROTORS, PADS OKAY FOR NOW.*MR THERE IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THE BRAKES AND OR THE ROTORS. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD ROTOR PROBLEMS. WHILE AT THE REPAIR SHOP I OVERHEARD TWO PHONE CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073866May 19, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION LOCKS WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073907May 19, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO A POLE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072509May 12, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
IN SUMMER OF 2002, I PAID OVER $1500 TO HAVE A HEAD GASKET REPAIRED ON MY SATURN. LAST THURSDAY, THE CAR WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT HAS A CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER. THIS IS AN ITEM ON A TSB ISSUED FROM SATURN, I REALIZED TODAY. NOW I AM FACING OVER $2000 TO HAVE THE CYLINDER REPLACED, PUTTING MY TOTAL COST FOR REPAIRS OVER $3700 ON AN ISSUE THAT SATURN HAS BEEN AWARE OF FOR SOME TIME, YET NEVER NOTIFIED ITS CUSTOMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065452May 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO A GAS STATION. OPENED THE HOOD, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, CONSUMER NOTICED AN ORANGE GLARE FROM THE SUNROOF. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRES IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WERE NOT INSULATED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072203May 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN PUTTING THE GEAR SHIFT IN REVERSE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068432May 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DIFFERENTIAL PIN IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 1996 SATURN SL2 (MP7 TRANSMISSION) THIS PIN WORKS IT'S WAY LOOSE AND PUTS A HOLE IN THE FRONT PUMP COVER WHICH INTURN LEADS TO FLUID LEAKING AND AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072146May 5, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE STOPPING VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED. AFTER THE COLLISION BOTH FRONT SEAT BACKS COLLAPSED AND FELL BACK ONTO REAR SEATS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072073May 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE REPEATEDLY LOSES POWER AND SHUTS OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE FOR A FEW MINUTES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071817April 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE CONSUMER REMOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL AND VEHICLE DRIFTED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE DID NOT HAVE TORQUE POWER IN ORDER TO PULL THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE WAS WORKING PROPERLY AS DESIGNED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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